Written by

Cooper LaRocque
| For The Poughkeepsie Journal

This year, Marist College students and faculty have donated 902 gifts to low-income families in Dutchess County.

As a part of the Giving Tree program, Save At Risk Children for Corporate America, a local not-for-profit agency, helped identify needy families through local agencies and distribute gifts to them this holiday season, according to Wesley Lee, executive director of the agency.

The program has been around for 22 years and helped 28 families with 94 children this year, from seven different agencies, Lee said. ...